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North London Media Round-Up
The Camden New Journal reports that school support staff could be losing their jobs at Christmas over new literacy tests. Foul; Dismissal notices have been received by 19 female staff at Swiss Cottage School who do not have numeracy and literacy “level 2 certificates” – the equivalent of A-C at GCSE. A letter signed by […]
North London News Round-Up
A few bits and bobs we’ve spotted in the last week from round North London; Richard Osley takes a look at Labour’s runners and riders for Holborn and St Pancras. The Evening Standard reports on how Londoners on benefits are being driven from the capital. Over at Londonist they have renamed the entirety of the […]
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North London Press Round-Up
Vice report on the resistance to evictions in West Hendon; “Over the past month or so [protesters have] spent four days blocking the entrance to the site, with varying degrees of success. The first time they protested, they successfully stopped any trucks getting into the site for the whole day, effectively stopping construction. But the second […]
Weekend Press Round-Up
The Islington Gazette has worrying reports that Islington council is planning to shut half their libraries; A secret proposal to axe more than half the libraries in Islington, as well as closing Cally Pool and getting rid of pensioner lifeline the Plusbus service, has been leaked to the Gazette. Street cleaning and recycling will be […]
Weekend Press Round-Up
This week’s press round-up sees privatised services being brought back in house, an examination of the housing crisis and a posh Camden school finding new ways to weed out the weak from the strong; Unite has welcomed Islington bringing it’s repair service back in house; The council has broken the £16.5 million-a-year contract with […]
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Weekend Press Round-up
The Kilburn Times reports on residents concerned about social cleansing; “Pete Firmin, who is a committee member of the residents’ association, said: “We thought the project was about improving local facilities and living conditions in social homes; but now, those who have been living in the area are essentially being driven out. This all amounts […]
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The Weekend Press Round-Up
The BBC reports that London boroughs have the power to penalise home owners who leave properties empty, yet they aren’t using them. “Councils are empowered to use the Empty Homes Premium to charge home owners 50% extra council tax if they leave properties empty for two or more years. “Yet Freedom of Information requests to […]
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North London press weekend round-up
This week has seen local stories on strikes, corruption, insults, development and air pollution. Let’s take a look. In the Barnet Times there’s the shocking story of the Barnet Mayor who’s accused of receiving more than £28,000 from the housing fund without ever declaring an interest while making decisions on how that fund is […]
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